Authors: Alice Beck Kehoe
ISBN-13: 9781577664536, ISBN-10: 1577664531
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
Date Published: June 2006
Edition: 2nd Edition
In this ethnohistorical case study of North American Indians, the Ghost Dance religion is the backbone for Alice Kehoe's exploration of significant aspects of American Indian life and her quest to learn why some theories become popular. In Part 1, she combines knowledge gained from her first and experiences living among and speaking with Indian elders with a careful analysis of historical accounts, providing a succinct yet insightful look at people, events, and institutions from the 1800s to the present. She clarifies unique and complex relationships among Indian peoples and dispels many of the false pretenses promoted by United States agencies over two centuries. In Part 2, Kehoe surveys some of the theories used to analyze the events described in Part 1, allowing readers to see how theories develop, to think critically about various perspectives, and to draw their own conclusions.
Pt. 1 | Ethnohistory | 1 |
1 | The ghost dance religion | 3 |
2 | Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek | 13 |
3 | Death or renewal? | 27 |
4 | New tidings | 43 |
5 | Black Elk speaks | 53 |
6 | Wounded Knee again | 73 |
7 | Resilience is the word | 95 |
Pt. 2 | Social science perspectives | 113 |
8 | Prophet dances | 115 |
9 | Deprivation and the ghost dance | 123 |
10 | Revitalization | 133 |
11 | That night in the cabin | 149 |